CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Union workers and their families finally got some answers Tuesday night from the U.S. Postal Service after it announced it was looking to consolidate some of its Buffalo services and move them to down the thruway to Rochester. The public meeting was originally scheduled for Jan. 31, but was postponed until […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The U.S. Postal Service’s proposal to transfer some mail operations to Rochester has letter carriers and local officials concerned about the future of mail processing in Buffalo, despite the USPS saying it will improve mail services. Letter carriers are concerned whether jobs could be at stake and whether mail delivery could […]
Soaring shipping volume and the COVID pandemic have caused major delivery delays. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 6:16 PM EST December 24, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. We may all at times feel the stress of the holiday season but Christmas Eve is really the game day for postal workers around this area. Then toss COVID in on top of it for the perfect storm, as they say.
National Association of Letter Carriers Association Branch 3 President David Grosskopf, Jr. puts it this way: We take great pride obviously as carriers and postal employees in everything we do, and we want to make sure that all of these packages are delivered to our customers by Christmas. But unfortunately it appears that that s not going to happen.
Lives lost to COVID: 2 Western New York stories
A pastor and postal worker died of COVID. Here s a glimpse of these two people who were loved and are now missed by their family, friends, and colleagues. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 6:59 PM EST December 23, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. On our 2 On Your Side newscasts we gave you some of the latest COVID case numbers for this Western New York region.
But as many health and elected officials keep reminding us all, there are real people and families attached to those cases, especially when it comes to those who have recently passed in this pandemic.